[Discussion] CFP: Colonialism and Its Aftermath (Australia)

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Colonialism and Its Aftermath
An interdisciplinary Conference
June 23 - 25, 2004
University of Tasmania, Hobart

Welcome
Colonialism recast the world map, linking disparate geographies and=20
diverse cultures under the aegis of European empires. If the sun=20
never set on the British Empire, it has also never set on scholarly=20
attempts to understand colonialism and its impact on the world.=20
Colonial and postcolonial studies across a range of humanities and=20
social sciences disciplines continue to analyse the complex cultural=20
phenomena of colonialism, addressing issues in literary studies,=20
geography, Asian studies, history, indigenous studies, art history,=20
race studies, architecture, women's studies, cultural studies, and=20
anthropology, amongst others. Much of the most interesting work in=20
this field is interdisciplinary. The University of Tasmania's=20
research cluster Colonialism and Its Aftermath invites proposals for=20
papers from scholars interested in exploring the relationship between=20
colonialism and its aftermath in innovative and interdisciplinary=20
ways.

Papers on the following topics will be welcomed:

=85 Colonialism's culture and its postcolonial aftermath
=85 Imperial networks of influence, ideas, and individuals
=85 Colonial anthropology and its aftermath
=85 Ecology and environment in colonial and postcolonial contexts
=85 Colonial and postcolonial governance
=85 Convictism, slavery, and human trafficking
=85 Histories and historiographies of empires, colonies, and colonial 
phenom=
ena
=85 Contested histories, contested sites
=85 Colonial archives and their postcolonial deployment
=85 Colonial heritage and heritage studies
=85 Indigenous histories of colonialism and its aftermath
=85 Colonial and postcolonial cultural geographies
=85 Colonial cities and postcolonial architecture
=85 Literary representations of colonialism and postcolonialism
=85 Migration, diaspora, and dispersal
=85 Postcolonial cultural studies
=85 Colonial and postcolonial art and criticism

250 word abstracts for 20 minute papers should be submitted using the=20
online submission form no later than 19 December, 2003. For any=20
questions or access to online submission forms visit
http://www.leishman-associates.com.au/colonialism/

Conference chair: Dr Anna Johnston, School of English, Journalism,=20
and European Languages, University of Tasmania
Conference committee: Dr Pam Allen, School of Asian Languages and=20
Studies, Dr Anna Johnston, Dr Mitchell Rolls, Riawunna
Conference Managers - Leishman Associates, 113 Harrington Street,=20
Hobart TAS 7000, T: 03 6234 7844, F: 03 6234 5958 email:=20
colonialism@leisman-associates.com.au


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Dr Anna Johnston

Lecturer, Australian and Postcolonial Literature
School of English, Journalism, and European Languages
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 82
Hobart TAS 7001
Australia
Ph: (03)  6226 2367
=46ax: (03) 6226 7631

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